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(Fearful is "full of fear" - scared, afraid - but has acquired the meanings "causing fear" and also "dreadful." Note that because fear is an attributed emotion, saying "the monster was fearful" would be ambiguous - is the monster scared or is it instilling fear?)

"In the aftermath of the cave-in, the trapped miners were fearful, anticipating that they might not be rescued."

"There was a fearful crashing sound, and the roof suddenly collapsed."

"After one more fearful glance over his shoulder, he jumped from the cliff into the ocean."

"The homeless family was living in fearful poverty, in a makeshift shelter of corrugated metal."

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